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. - . . . . .- - , - . ' THE OREGON SUNDAY., JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY IJORinNG, NOVEMBER 22, . 1914. . - . . ,; " PROSTRATE LOUVAIN STIRS WITH LIFE MZ"AQ CTDOAI CT D ITM O M O ADIT A I C FRANCE HAS CRITICS OF NATIONS ARMY BRITISH UNIT OF 1000 MEN LOSES 798 N LLVVO I 'IXKJ lVl F Vj Ivtll VJI IM UM 'P 1 IM LO CROWN PRINCE OVERCOME BY RUSSIANS ' ' " ' ' ' - " - - - - ; d - .-i 1 4 J' "y y,y s,: FRANCE IS ALLOWING PUBLIC CRITICISM OF Nation, It Is Said, Was Un prepared for War; Has Sustained Enormous Loss. London, Nov. 21. A dispatch to the Standard from Paris says: .' The first outspoken criticism in the conduct of the war has Just been al lowed published here, and is said to emanate from a high military expert no longer on the active service list. It may be stated at the outset that the Views he expresses are anything- but a real interpretation of the popular feeling; here. Publlo opinion generally is more - 'than satisfied with the way the opera tlons are developing, although aware that mistakes have been made. The people are conscious that France was decidedly not So well prepared for war as she ought to have been, and are only too thanHful that victory will come In the end, owing to Joffre's skil ful leadership and the Inherent bravery on his men. Above all. Frenchmen are thankful V for the stanch support given them by the British and the signal services rendered by the Immortal Belgians. Starting from the point that the sole ' object of the war is to guarantee tho integrity, honor and life of the nation, the crltio in question protests against the papers daring to describe the situ- - atlon as good, when from Rheims to Mezleres, from Lille to the Argonne, the German hordes are pillaging and violating French soli. He says fur ther: ' One-Blxth of Prance Held. .The German offensive carried them I at one go, as It were, right across Bel . glum to the very gates of Paris. All Belgium is now In their possession, save for a narrow strip of land, while they also hold our north and north- tern countries. At a' moderate esti- mate this represents, both in territory and population, at least' one-sixth of the total, wealth of France. "Our losses in land, buildings, fac tories, mines, railways and so on must total fully 30.000.000 francs ($6,000. 000). without, taking Into account the shame, the Insults and the loss of Ufa we have had to endure, "Yet eminent military critics on the other side of the channel assert that the German offensive is a fiasco, and bas resulted in nothing, while our own ' papers complacently repeat the situa tion la excellent.' " The Temps, which publishes this complaint, makes at the same time a running commentary on the points raised. It asks how any impartial ob server can honestly say but that the situation is reassuring when he com pares the position of the armies today with what it was only a few weeks ago. Only a very short while back. It says, it looked almost Impossible to drlye the invader back. Yet, where Is he now? Wot Enough British Troops, V' Critics complain that England has not put enough troops in the field. They forget the number Is being rap Idly Increased, and that It takes time to prepare for-Uh field. The British. no more than foe French, did not real Me at rirst exactly what this war meant, but Britain loyally sent to France all the men she had and then set to work, as only ehe can, to grap ple witn tiie emergency. As for the rest, everything Is rela tive In this world. War is no excep tion. The war has inflicted incal ouiable losses upon France. Its hor rors surpass all that could have been imagined. Yet the situation now is ex cellent. But for Belgium and the allies, ranee must nave Deen defeated easily, At the present moment, whereas the xacts or the case are that it Is Ger many wnicn is now In a corat anH -compelled to muster all her resources to make one last effort to retrieve her - xeriune. "Decidedly," concludes tho Tempa. - uie situation is exceueac French Have a New i Typhoid Preventive - Dry Powder In Capraleo, Xaeb Con taining Tea Billion Microbes, Taken Tour a Say for a Weak. rni, ixov. zi. Tho Matin an- Bounces that Augusts Lumlere has . alscovered and perfected a system of anti-typhoid Inoculation by means of dry powder In capsules which are , ., practicable for use on the filing lino ..where the regular vaccine treatment ' la Impossible on account of the after I. 1 V- A . .-- a weoij-Bixui capBUiea. each eon. ' containing 10,000,000.000 microbes, are swallowed, four a day, within a week. j.- Tho treatment Is said to' crlve mm. pleto Immunity, as has been demon strated through its use on 10.000 nor. ' sons in 2S0 localities within tho last tnreo years, ine treatment has the approval of Dr. Roux. director of tho fasteur institute. Dr. Ivumlere has sent SO, 000 cases, each containing ; 10,000 weekly treatments, to tho front at nis own expense. ,. an. juumieres earuer studies wers 4 made in photography in which he in- I ' t vented color photography. Ho -then i too up chemistry and baoterlology. LOSES 798 MEN OUT OF A TOTAL OF 1000 i Young Officer of Royal Mun ster fusiliers Describes the Fighting by His Battalion, London, Nov. 21. A letter from a young officer of the Royal Munster Fusiliers gives an Interesting descrip tion of the fighting In which his bat talion lost 798 in killed, wounded and missing, eut of a total of 1000 the heaviest loss sustained by any single unit. It was during the great retreat from Hon. The writer says: "We fought a small battle Just on the frontlier, -without any losses, and we retreated to es, near where we started aE the marching. Then the real flghtllng began. The first I knew of the fighting was when I was awak ened at 3 clock one jfrorning and or dered to proceed at once to my pla toon to reinforce another outpost company which was being attacked We fought for two days and Just as we thought it was all over we found we were surrounded. Then ' the des perate fighting began. i "I could not describe the horrors of It on paper, but we were about three quarters of a battalion fighting six Uerman battalions and without any chance of relief. We did our best. We had one section of the artillery and and two machine guns with us. which helped, a lQtv but they were soon knocked out. Our colonel was a wonder to see; he had absolutely no fear and I followed him and helped all I could in every charge, but he was killed by a shell. We had, I think, 10 officers killed, five wounded and the remainder prisoners. I was wounded In two places. One bullet pierced my throat. The biceps o my left arm had been blown, away by a piece of shell. Luckily, there were no bones broken. The wound in my throat is of course very troublesome. They put in a tube, which makes it possible for me to breathe without difficulty and I can eat. and drink. I cannot speak at all. The doctor says it will be all right when the wound heals, and that I shall be able to speak when they take the tube out. We killed and wounded a great many Germans, ana uiey say tnem selves that we made a gallant fight of it. Oar fellows who were in the South African war say it was child's play to this and that in all the Boer campaign there never was a battle so fiercely fought as the one in which we were knocked out." Armenians Aid the Czar Against Turks i Students, According to Petrograd So- port, Aire Offering Their Services to Sua slam Fore of Occupation. Petrograd, Nov. 21. Important as sistance Is being given to the Russian forces operating against the Turks by the Armenians. Despatches from the border say that Armenian students are offering their services to the Russian forces of! occupation. These students and other Armenians have formed themselvea into guerilla lands which have been drilling in secret for some time and which have gathered and se creted arms for their own use. At several points Armenian detach ments have had encounters with the Turkish troops as a result of their re fusal to join the Turkish army against the Russians. It is reported that the Armenians are besieging the" city of Van in heavy force. Further activity of the Armenians is reported from Feltum, where It la said that more than 20,000 Armenians are armed and have repulsed with heavy loss all the Turkish troops bo far sent against them. The Russian troops are received ev erywhere in Armenia with the great est . enthusiasm and the peasants are supplying them with provisions freely, The attitude of the Armenians Is stated by one of their newspapers in the following terms: Tho long anticipated day of deirr e ranee for tho Turkish Armenians la at hand, and tho Armenians are pro- pared ior any sacrifice made neces sary by tho performance of their man- PRISONERS WANT COFFEE Paris, Nov. 21. Tho Matin has begun an Investigation of tho treat- I ment accorded to German prisoners In the French hospitals. Tho first re sults of the investigation are com posed of statements signed by of- fleers and men who are now prisoners. The statements are all complimentary to French courtesy and no complaints are made except that tho prisoners say they miss their afternoon ooffea. I' h""ii ': ret , , X Ti. l . if OAS. Top, left to right French infantry leaving Calais for the front; mere boys are enrolled In the German army as Is shown by this group are seen wearing coats much too large for them. Bottom, left to right Colonel Bridges (at right) llTFurnes, who Is to receive the Victoria Cross for bravery; captured German soldiers armed guard. - PICT IN 10 OF GERMANS' COMMERCIAL CENTERS American Says That Ham burg and Bremen Have Idle Shipping. London, England, Nov. 21. Tho Daily Mall prints an American's ac count of his visit to Bremen and Ham burg, giving a striking picture of the deserted docks at these ports. He rays: In Bremen tho hotels are deserted. but the theatres and cafes are full. There Is plenty of evidences of unem ployment, as shops and business houses are closed and the harbor is fcllent. The docks at Bremerhaven are crowded with shipping, but there is no life. I was told that transports are waiting to convey troops to Eng land. At Hamburg I found the-same list- lessness, the same dense lines of ship ping in port and deserted wharves. Bread, barley and malt are running short. The government is subsidizing landlords against the loss of their rents. It Is not possible to speak Eng lish in public, owing to the hatred of England. ' 'In the harbor I was shown three huge liners, transformed by a coat of gray paint and - yellow funnels. Sol diers swarming over them proclaimed them to be transports destined for the invasion of England. I was told that the soldiers were forbidden to leave tho ships and nobody was allowed to approach them. "There is great aircraft activity In Hamburg. I saw 11 sheds, each said to contain a Zeppelin. There are any number of aeroplanes at the air camp made up of all types. It was reported there that 60 Zeppelins are being built. A lieutenant in the flying corps told me it was absurd to suppose that the Germans would waste their Zeppelins by single raids on London. The Zep pelins were being kept for the time when tho fleet, accompanied by- the dirigibles, would attack the- British coast simultaneously. This, however, was not the plan for the present, but for the coming spring. "Kiel, in contrast with Hamburg. seethed with activity, the streets swarming with sailors and marines. I while In the harbor dispatch boats dashed fcttfcAr and thither.- URES CONDITIONS 3 :,if it 4 i ! Wis. r1S f a jam tA Rodin Will Honor The Belgian Heroes Famous French Sculptor Flans the Erection of Piece of Sculpture Sym bolizing Ration's righting- Qualities. London. Nov. 21. Augusts Rodin, the French sculptor, states that he Is considering the execution of a piece of sculpture symbolising Belgian hero ism. He has Uso. according to the Times, given a collection comprising some 20 pieces of his work to the Eng lish nation. The gift, which includes examples of the different periods of the sculptor's art, is given as a token of his admiration for the Englishmen who are fighting by the side of his countrymen on the Continent. M. Rodin, In a statement published in the Times In connection with the announcement of the gift, says that he has been an admirer of England for years and that the present entente between England and France he re gards as an example for the nations of the world. M. Rodin, who is perhaps the most famous of living scluptora. Is best known by his "Penseur" (The Thinker), which Is now placed In front of the Pantheon In Paris. yHls fame was originally made by the "Homme au Nes Casse" (Man With the Broken Nose), which, exhibited more than half a century ago, told the world a new power had arisen in tne almost mori bund art of sculpture. France's War Cost Takes Sharp Drop Average for xrorsntber a MTHon a Say Xess Than Figure fori Months of August, September and October. Bordeaux, Nov. 21. The cost , ef tho war of France for November probably will be less than the monthly average for August. September and October. A supplementary- credit for extraordi nary' expenditures authorized for No vember amounts to iBZ,i&4,b04, a daily average a little above $6,000,000. The dally average for the first three months of the war was 17,000,000. The government will expend $13.000,. 000 Immediately for repairs to the rail road system. . , The sum of $1,114,000 has been set aside for the relief of the unemployed. RUSSIAN LOAN A SUCCESS .London, Nov. .21. The Russian In ternal loan issue of 500.000,000 rubles '($255,000,000) Is a great ' success, the amount ' required being more than cor ered. This statement ; is : made In dispatch to 'Reuters Telegram - com pany from-Petrogxad. .-.V. 'rtWu.ft. - kT oOL. PROSTRATE LOUVAIN STIRS WITH LIFE; PEOPLE RETURN Sightseers Flock to Ghastly Spectacle of a Dead City, Buried Under Ruins, Slowly Coming to Life Again; Shopkeepers "Coining Money.1' Lou vain, Nov. 15, via London. Nov. ! 21. Louvain presents the ghastly spec tacle of a dead citv. burled under ruins, slowly coming to life again. The city continues to give fun scope to the morbid streak in human nature, for sightseers flock hero In Increasing numbers from Antwerp, Brussels, and In fact from all . over Belgium, ex cepting from across the dead line of the operating: rone. "With Brussels especially Louvain is a favorite outing place on every pleas ant Sunday. The Germans have suc ceeded In restoring train service to the extent of two passenger trains dally between here and Brussels, and - one between here and Antwero. The Ger man military authorities pursue a sur prisingly lenient and liberal public pol icy in giving travel me nasses to tne Belgian population. in aaaiuon io those who come t by train there Is a steady procession. Next - week, when the Berlin-Brussels ex Dress is to be started, the local tourist season will have a further boom". About S per cent of tho original pop ulation has come . crawling back. and the . three companies of ' the land- sturm garrison here, together with the sightseers, form their source of revenue. The more courageous snop- keepers who hare reopened stores are Napoleon's, Plan Is Said to Be Kaiser s Germany, Declaras a Beport From sterdam, Xs Seeking the Xeonomto - .' Suhjectloa of Great Batata. -. Amsterdam, Nov. 21. Reforrins to the declaration of Herr Zimmerman, the German under secretary of state, to the Dutch Socialist deputy, Troel stra, that Germany alms at establish ing an economlo rapprochement with the various European states which she intends to create after the war, the Arnheimlsche Courant declares that Germany wants to Imitate Napoleon I in establishing a .continental blockade against England. : Such a move would constrain England to become eco nomically dependent on Germany. This would he carried out to such an extent that the question of the polltl cal subjection of England would' be merely mstter-of tXme ' Jf; . 0 r W. - X - K' ri i 'V) ' 't r - '--ro f MX 1 -L-l vMo coining money as never In peace time. This Is especially true of little con fectionery and pastry shops. workmen are putting the finishing touches to the new pine board roof of the cathedral, and are making efforts to restore the exterior of the famous Gothic Hotel de Vllle. One of the landsturm companies Is quartered In the main university building. There the correspondent found half a hun dred men and two cows In the quad rangle or campus. The men were un shaven but good natured. and many were the rough German Jokes as they watched their comrade milking cows, which were to be slaughtered on the spot by the company butcher. The venerable university guardian does a good business making group pictures. . A sight common all over Belgium now Is that of many women with chil dren begging. They linger around en trances to barracks, .for hunger gives them keen noses for bread, and they soon learned the soldiers will give them what they have left over from their ample rations. The German government is trying to stimulate a return of the population, and apparently is doing Its best to heln those who return to earn a liv- 1 ing by providing . work. Russia Has Legend Of "White General" mioes White Horse and Carries X4f ox Death for aim in Sis Byes, Says Fstrograd Sispatch. London, Nov. 21. The Petrograd correspondent of the Dally UaH, In an nouncing that Petrograd has been made a "dry" city during the war and that no wine, beers or spirits will be allowed to be sold anywhere,- gives a legend In the Russian army of "white general" who rides through the ranks on a white horse. "If he looks a man full in the face,' the legend runs, that man bears a charmed' life. Those he passes with eyes averted are marked for death. During the last two weeks the jwhlte general has not been seen in the Rus sian ranks. The soldiers say he is busy in the German and- Austrian armies, walking with-his ayes to the t-S sound 'A 4 Art 0; M ' ;-.w Mm of German prisoners of war marching through ForneJ. ' being marched through the streets of Petrograd under . f Fse Canal Boats To Carry Wounded Disabled Soldiers of tho Allies Win Be Taken to Paris Hospitals by Water, in the Future. Paris, Nov. 21. Four canal boats have been fitted up as ambulances to bring the wounded from the front to the Paris hospitals, and many others are being prepared for the same work. France is so well provided with wa terways that it la expected these boats will be able to reach the second lines at the front. A tug, which win be armed with quick f irers, will tow two of the canal boats and the crews will M provided with rifles for defense. Each boat will carry a doctor, six women nurses and one man nurse, and there will be 45 beds on each of the boats. The owner of each boat will remain aboard with his wife, who will act as a nurse. One owner of a canal boat says the tugs can tow the boats SO miles a day, which is as good as the time made by . trains within the. sone occu pied by the army. On the - outward voyage the boats win be able to carry parcels and supplies for the wounded, while the return voyage by water win enable the wounded to escape the shocks which are felt when trains stop, which they always describe as the worst part of the traveling. France Places Ban On Weather Report Ooveimuaat, Frssauiahly for unitary Btastms. Forbids the Publication of Forecasts Anywhere in the Country, Paris. Nov. 21. The publication of weather reports has been forbidden by the government, presumably lor mil itarr reasons. Forecasts and 'meteor- ological conditions throughout France, In the English channel, southern Eu rope and the Mediterranean have been published daily. This has Included,- of course, information useful to mariners. It is assumed that the government has In mind the possible use of this In formation by Germany in naval and military operations along the western littoral. The part that ' fogs have played In the Belgian coast battles is recalled in this connection.,, WILL H0LO A PEACE MEET 1 Copenhagen, via London, Nov. Tl. It is announced that , the socialist peace congress, - which ; meets on De cember (, will . discuss the possibility of maMng peace overtures. Repre sentatives of an i neutral countries have been invited and Copenhagen Is believed to be the city where such ne gotiations IX initiated, win he held. fV-h i- The lads a Russian Petrograd Repirts Say.. Ha Led Retreatf Which -Im-' periled B.oth IFIanks. - .r, Petrograd. Nov. i 21v An offldali statement by tiie Russian war office! confirms the fact fhat the Gsrmanl crown prince comrcanded the center. position in the recei battle along the Vistula. This supp irts the assertion i that it was the fail; re of the army of i Frederick William o hold Its ground; r which made retrea imperative alone?f the whole line, hltttough General Tonv Hlndenburg on the;left and the Ant- - trlans on the right both maintained ' their positions. f - ; "The crown, princess army." savs tha official statement, with contemptuous T empnasia, "ilea -withall haste back te the fatherland. Th$s the wings were left in a dangerous;;-position and the Russians poured bfcven them and at--tacking on two sides fortfed them to scramble back' to the frontier as beat they could, losing ..horribly all the way." " 3. It appears that tiie German general staff. In official buetlns, excuses the -defeat by complaint tig that they were -unable to operate DairS of bad roads. This attempt to dlsruise the utter fall i ure of the crown priwice Is covered with ridicule here. ?' . v . v,: The German staf ' is asked- how. ''; after 40 years of preparation for war, it came about that ibey did not know that Poland was noiiprovlded with the same good highway and railways as -Germany. ' - v ' ' r , , ' The military expert of the Boerse Gazette says: -! " ' . "The kaiser's armr, like a hothouse plant, requires special .conditions,; otherwise It cannot thrive. In spite of the condition of the roads the Rus sians have done marvels in marching. Much credit is due t the excellence of the transport and ommlssariat: serw : ices. . " ' ' "The Gorman pf iJas have r always been for armies to fere on the country"! in which they are operating, if outside of Germany. Rut Poland has no, many resources fori hat sort of thing .The Russians did nt count on the re sources of the 'country, but alwayav have plenteous supplies coming up, lit endless trains from teinporary,hae." ALONG VlSULA MR 'i'